I'm not sure why he is applying for a pardon. He committed a crime, he was convicted of it, and he served his time. He claims that since then he has bettered himself and made amends to society. Okay...? Why does he want a pardon now? He did the crime and he did the time. If he accepts it as a life lesson and it made him a better person why does he need a pardon?
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Mark Wahlberg seeks pardon for 1988 assaults.
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ClayKavalier
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Yeah, I came in to ask this as well.
I think the shit he's done is pretty common knowledge, it's not like this will keep people from remembering. It seems like he doesn't think about it much so it's hard to believe he's doing it as affirmation that people have forgiven him.
I don't get it.
ClayKavalier
Banned
It doesn't seem like it's impeded his career much. Even though a lot of people know what he's done I don't think he's widely hated or anything. It's not like society's painted a scarlet "B" for "Blinded a dude"on the guy's chest.
Why does he want/need a pardon?
He did the crime. He did his time. He changed his life and became an international celebrity.
I just don't really understand why he needs a pardon. His conviction and record isn't effecting his current life at all. He can travel internationally? can't he?
What would a pardon do for him? Does he need a pardon if he wants to go into politics? Some sort of law that prevents someone with a conviction like his from owning or being CEO of certain types of companies?
I just don't understand what a pardon will do for him.
He did the crime. He did his time. He changed his life and became an international celebrity.
I just don't really understand why he needs a pardon. His conviction and record isn't effecting his current life at all. He can travel internationally? can't he?
What would a pardon do for him? Does he need a pardon if he wants to go into politics? Some sort of law that prevents someone with a conviction like his from owning or being CEO of certain types of companies?
I just don't understand what a pardon will do for him.
Nono, don't you understand? Everyone in their ivory towers are perfect and without flaw.
Lionel Mandrake
Member
This is just speculation, and I haven't even looked into it to see if the timing all matches up, but it seems possible that the whole Bill Cosby thing might have scared him into this. Like he sees Cosby getting his career and legacy decimated by his past crimes, and now Wahlberg wants to try to do damage control sooner so he can't get blindsided by it down the road.
TAJ
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
Simple. Ego the size of Texas.
Randy Monk
Member
Poor Marky Mark wants a pardon.
Hopefully Karma gives him the proper "pardon" he deserves.
Hopefully Karma gives him the proper "pardon" he deserves.
kruis
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Yep. Wahlberg was 16 years juvenile delinquent with violent tendencies and an addiction problem. 26 years later he's obviously a very different person today. This is a perfect case of someone who turned his life around and made something of himself after a very bad start. It's silly to keep hounding Wahlberg for the horrid things he did as a teenager, in particular when he did his time.
As i stare down from my ivory tower i think to myself of all the mistakes ive made, the friends I've let down, the tests i should have studied for, the women i let slip through my fingers, calling in sick when there is nothing wrong with me, the viatnamese people i hit with a piece of wood while shouting racial slurs...wait?
Oh, that's good then. So how much time and how many millions have you donated to charity then? It must be a lot, right?
Could be true. Any intelligence quota requirement for the president of the USA went out the window once you elected that primate Bush.
WrenchNinja
Member
I wonder if there's a specific amount of charity donation you have to make for being a racist and blinding a person.
SpaceShark
Member
What are you talking about? He's done his time for this, right? How does he have to "bear this" for the rest of his life? How does it even affect him anymore?
It sounds like he wants society to officially absolve him of any wrongdoing. Why else would he need/want a pardon?
Very much so.
Geeze, that's not a stick. That's a damn 2x4. Seriously, a 2x4 is technically 1.5 x 3.5 inches (it loses some size due to sanding). That's a half inch out in either direction.
And he broke that over an innocent victim's head?
Oh, that's all. He just his a man in the head with a stick. Boys will be boys.
Vigilant Walrus
Member
Is Boston very violent? They seem like a very violent bunch.
I don't have millions of dollars to donate but i imagine that i have donated the equivalent percentage from my wages as he has from his.
Pai Pai Master
Banned
Just because you turned your life around and became a successful celebrity doesn't mean everyone gets to forget what you did in the past.
Move on sure, but it happened and he has to live with what he did.
Move on sure, but it happened and he has to live with what he did.
The Albatross
Member
Why ask for the pardon? It may be because he's planning a political career around Boston in a few more years and doesn't want his toughie-past to follow him.
dave is ok
aztek is ok
This is what he wrote on his application:
Real answer: He probably sees what is happening to Cosby now. Definitely tone-deaf of him to be asking for this at this time with everything happening nationwide
exactly.
I still feel guilty for shit I did when I was seven. I do believe in forgiveness though, we make mistakes as children, but if it's true he committed multiple assaults... I grew up in an area where it was common to see immigrant Asians get fucked up by kids who were high, old men being thrown and dragged across the sidewalk for what little money they had. Knew one preteen who was walking to my cousin's house and was jumped by two crackheads, he was so out of it for years, that he developed a terrible drug habit himself, eventually having to exit school due to health problems.
I actually once had a job with Wahlberg. Dude was really nice to fans, and the people he worked with. Never knew about this.
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Exploratory
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Talk about the internet completely misconstruing shit. Wow.
thehypocrite
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Some burdens are for life. Forgiving nor forgetting are owed to him or anyone else.
LanceVance
Member
Look at me I'm famous that means I deserve a pardon even though I don't give a shit about what I did!
way more
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What more than living criminal free for 28 years constitutes a pardon on a 28 year old crime? Should only those with a half-century instead of just a quarter-century get pardons?
way more
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Because you are unable to do many things if you have a criminal record in America. I was caught with psychedelic mushrooms when I was 18, 14 years ago and I am still a felon. It hasn't restricted my life because I am white but I still can't run for office.
I'm sorry for having mushrooms on my posession back in in the year 2000 but I can't run for county dog catcher because of it?
Closer Two
Member
Attacking people while high on weed?
I know it says other narcotics but that really seems like an excuse since he was only found with weed and even still drugs don't make you attack people, being a bad person is what caused him to attack people. I always hate that justification of "it's the drugs fault not me!".
I know it says other narcotics but that really seems like an excuse since he was only found with weed and even still drugs don't make you attack people, being a bad person is what caused him to attack people. I always hate that justification of "it's the drugs fault not me!".
shadyspace
Banned
I heard on the news that he was seeking a pardon for a reason that had to do with guns.
IrishNinja
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I don't know how much the rest of you know about irish catholicism (i'm an expert), but this is spot-on: true catholics never bang people outside of marriage, or else they feel really really guilty & have to turn in their cards & go be lutherans or something
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